imagem

imagem

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese ymagen, omagen, omage, from Latin imāginem (“a copy, likeness, image”), from *im-, also the root of imitor (“to copy, imitate”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /iˈma.ʒẽj̃/ [iˈma.ʒẽɪ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈma.ʒɐ̃j̃/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈma.ʒɐ̃j̃/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈma.ʒẽj̃/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /iˈma.ʒẽj̃/

• Hyphenation: i‧ma‧gem

Noun

imagem f (plural imagens)

1. image; picture; figure (optical representation of an object)
   • 1902, Fernando Pessoa, Quando ela passa:

     Quando eu me sento à janela / P'los vidros qu'a neve embaça / Vejo a doce imagem d'ela / Quando passa… passa… passa…

     When I sit at the window / I see through the panes clouded by snow / The sweet image of her / When (she) passes… passes… passes…

   Synonym: figura

2. image (mental representation of something seen or imagined)
3. image (outward appearance)

   Synonyms: aparência, semelhança, semblante

4. image; face (characteristics that are first perceived by others)

   Synonym: rosto

5. (computing) image (file containing all data of a storage medium)
6. (religion) icon (small object of religious devotion)

   Synonym: ícone

7. (geometrical optics) image (a group of emitted, reflected or refracted rays of light)
8. (mathematics) image (values mapped to by a function)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:imagem.

Related terms

• imaginação
• imaginar
• imaginário
• imaginoso
• imago